Checking In with Anthony & Glenn

We're at Riggs Washington D.C. talking to area General Manager Dieter Schmitz about the hotel's opening, covid caused closing and then reopening of this great new luxury hotel. We get a site tour of a former bank and how those elements were cleverly incorporated into the hotel's design.

Chris Green, CEO of Chesapeake Hospitality and the CEO of Duetto, David Woolenberg, discuss revenue management tips and tactics.

Dr. Michael Osterholm, who was just appointed to President Elect Biden's Covid Task Force, returns to give us an update on where things stand with COVID-19 regarding vaccine potential, what we need to do no, and if another lockdown is required or likely.

Jake Joyce is the Chief Marketing Officer at Cordish Gaming, a leader in casino-resort design, development and operations. Since its opening in 2012, Cordish Gaming has been operating Live! Casino Hotel in Hanover, MD, located along the Baltimore-Washington corridor and one of the largest commercial gaming, retail and entertainment destinations in the United States. In 2019, Cordish Gaming broke ground on two new casino properties in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania totaling nearly $1 billion. Pittsburgh opens next week while one in Philadelphia opens early next year.

We are live the brand new Hotel Zena, a upscale hotel from Viceroy Hotel Group focused on celebrating amazing women. We talk with Natalie Vachon about the property and how it's empowering women. Plus we get to see lots of incredible artwork too.

We speak to AHLA President/ CEO Chip Rogers about the ramifications and opportunities for hoteliers, a stimulus package and what's happening on the streets of DC right now.

We'll start with a conversation on what the potential election outcome means for the hotel business and travel with Cecil Staton, the CEO of AAHOA. Then we talk to Michael Taylor from J.D. Power about the 2020 North America Airport Satisfaction Study followed by Andrea Stokes talking updating us on the brand new Third-Party Hotel Management Guest Satisfaction Benchmark.

Michael Shindler of Four Corners Advisors returns with an update on the "Business of Hotels" and how it is affecting what hotels are worth, how likely we'll see a mass selloff, and what investors on the sidelines are thinking.

Agnelo Fernandes, Chief Strategy Officer & EVP of the Terranea Resort, a luxury resort in southern California, discusses being creative with luxury in the covid era. It's all about how getting creative, micro market marketing and anticipating new ways guests want to experience a luxury hotel product.

World's Top Concierge Sarah Dandashy, then Tracy Prigmore on "She Has A Deal," a competition to help women investors break into hotel ownership. Read about it here: http://novacancynews.com/article/she-has-a-deal-announces-pitch-competition-winning-teams/